Ásgeir, Mammút, aYia & Sturla Atlas Playing The Great Escape 2017

Ásgeir, Mammút, aYia & Sturla Atlas Playing The Great Escape 2017

Hands up who likes going to festivals? everybody loves going to festivals! Especially ones by the seaside where you can get delicious fish n chips, take a stroll on the pier and watch some of the best bands in the world strut their stuff… yes, you guessed it, we are talking about The Great Escape Festival happening in Brighton between 18-20 May.

Ásgeir, Mammút, aYia and Sturla Atlas will be performing at the showcase festival and showing delegates and fans alike the diversity and talent emanating from Iceland is still as strong as ever.

All the bands playing from this neck of the woods are super hot with albums either just released or about to be released, it’s a veritable album bonanza with this mob.

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